The parental experience in midlife
By: edited by Carol D. Ryff and Marsha Mailick Seltzer.
Contributors: Ryff, Carol D.; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick.
Series: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 679
Subjects: Empty nesters; Parent and adult child; Middle age; Middle-aged persons; Parenthood
Description: In this groundbreaking volume, distinguished scholars in anthropology, demography, economics, psychology, social work, and sociology explore the uncharted years of midlife parenthood. The authors employ a rich array of theory and methods to address how parental experience affects the health, well-being, and development of parents. Collectively, they look at the time when parents watch their children grow into adulthood and begin to establish adult-to-adult relationships with children.

With a strong emphasis on the diversity of midlife parenting, including sociodemographic variations and specific parent or child characteristics such as single parenting or raising a child with a disability, this volume presents for the first time the complex factors that influence the quality of the midlife parenting experience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.